Ross has a strong technical and operational background in environmental science specialising in epidemiology, climate change and sustainability. Ross has considerable experience responding to public health incidents, developing public health advice and guidance, providing education on the health impacts of high impact weather and climate change to both students and professionals. He recently completed a PhD in Public Health Policy and Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Topical Medicine exploring individual-level risk factors associated with increased risk of mortality during episodes of heat. Ross currently leads the work within UKHSA on the continued improvement of surveillance approaches and reporting of the observed impacts during adverse weather events and the development, and continued improvement of the Weather-Health Alerting system operated by UKHSA in partnership with the Met Office.
